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Inert gas washout tests, performed using the single- or multiple-breath washout technique, were first described over 60 years ago.

Despite considerable advances, the exact mechanism whereby UVR can lead to changes in immune responses is not entirely clear at present, and no...

In this chapter, evidence for and evidence against the involvement of vitamin D in the immunoregulatory properties of UV radiation is presented.

Data linkage is the bringing together of specific datasets from different sources using demographic information on individuals within a population.

The analysis of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) and related metabolites represents a considerable challenge for both clinical and research laboratories...

The house dust mite (HDM) Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus is one of most important allergen sources and a major elicitor of allergic asthma.

Child maltreatment and the devastating impacts it has on young people throughout their lives can be prevented.

Bacteria persist within biofilms on the middle ear mucosa of children with recurrent and chronic otitis media however the mechanisms by which these...

Although children's later experiences can still have an effect, developments in early childhood have long-lasting effects on health, behaviour and learning...

In endemic areas, RHD has long been a target of screening programmes that, historically, have relied on cardiac auscultation.